Re: how does geale get the green/mundine boxing viewers to watch his fights?

1. Beat Mundine & be recognised as the best middleweight in the country.

2. Keep winning. Beating Sturm in Germany won't be easy the second time around.

3. Unify the titles. Obviously much easier said than done. Even people who aren't boxing fans in this country know who Kostya Tszyu is. When he beat Zab Judah, non-boxing types might not have known precisely what he'd done, but they knew he'd done good!

Re: how does geale get the green/mundine boxing viewers to watch his fights?

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Originally Posted by kel

He can't really, Mundine was a polarising figure who had appeal outside the general boxing fans. Green just went along for the ride and sucked up to the media and played the Aussie (bogan) nice guy.

Exactly, Mandy is who he is today because of football, not boxing.
And Green, well yeh, the bogan thing worked wonders for him beyond the Mandy fight.

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Also Geales style of fighting doesn't appeal to normal sports fans...... i.e he is not a KO merchant like a Tyson was

Bang on, Geales somewhat of a technician. The masses aren't interested in the sweet science, they're just want to see someones head knocked off.

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Originally Posted by Sandman_

1. Beat Mundine & be recognised as the best middleweight in the country.

He already is recognised as the best in the country pound for pound, but I get your point.

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2. Keep winning. Beating Sturm in Germany won't be easy the second time around.

Won't be a need to fight Sturm in Germany twice. Sturm will have to come here or not fight at all.

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3. Unify the titles. Obviously much easier said than done. Even people who aren't boxing fans in this country know who Kostya Tszyu is. When he beat Zab Judah, non-boxing might not have known precisely what he'd done, but they knew he'd done good!

Re: how does geale get the green/mundine boxing viewers to watch his fights?

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Originally Posted by teke

Realistically Geale def couldn't hang with Mundine at his best and probably got beat up by Green and that's why the fans of those two wont be swooned by anything Geale does.

Cold hard facts

At his best, Mundine had world class skills - but has always lacked mentally.
The Kessler fight was there for the taking, but mentally he couldn't do it.

Whereas Daniel Geale doens't have any flaws in his mental make up.
His defence is better than Mundines and his overall boxing skills aren't far
off either, I'd say Geale is a far more rounded and versatile fighter than Mundine.

Re: how does geale get the green/mundine boxing viewers to watch his fights?

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Originally Posted by teke

Realistically Geale def couldn't hang with Mundine at his best and probably got beat up by Green

What a crock Tekey.
Geale beat Mandy 3 years ago, and neither fighter was at their peak.

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Cold hard facts

Nonsense, it's just your opinion.

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Originally Posted by Above Deck

At his best, Mundine had world class skills - but has always lacked mentally.
The Kessler fight was there for the taking, but mentally he couldn't do it.

Whereas Daniel Geale doens't have any flaws in his mental make up.
His defence is better than Mundines and his overall boxing skills aren't far
off either, I'd say Geale is a far more rounded and versatile fighter than Mundine.

Re: how does geale get the green/mundine boxing viewers to watch his fights?

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Originally Posted by Above Deck

At his best, Mundine had world class skills - but has always lacked mentally.The Kessler fight was there for the taking, but mentally he couldn't do it.

Whereas Daniel Geale doens't have any flaws in his mental make up.
His defence is better than Mundines and his overall boxing skills aren't far
off either, I'd say Geale is a far more rounded and versatile fighter than Mundine.

Geale is currently in his peak - or coming into it.

I think you are wrong, no way did Mundine have the size to hold off Kessler nor did his punchers have enough on them to knock him out....... Kessler is top 5 SMW last 20yrs dude Mundines performance against him was amazing.

That 2005/06 Mundine was prime.................. It's a shame he wasn't fighting at MW then he wouldve been awesome as the opposition wld not have been bigger than him.

Re: how does geale get the green/mundine boxing viewers to watch his fights?

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Originally Posted by kel

I think you are wrong, no way did Mundine have the size to hold off Kessler nor did his punchers have enough on them to knock him out....... Kessler is top 5 SMW last 20yrs dude Mundines performance against him was amazing.

That 2005/06 Mundine was prime.................. It's a shame he wasn't fighting at MW then he wouldve been awesome as the opposition wld not have been bigger than him.

I think your on the money Kel. I've often said Mundine should of moved to middle sometime at the start of his career.